Let me start by saying that the Houston Rockets won their last two games and finished off with 8 wins in a row before the All-Star break. Steve Novak hit a game winning 3 pointer to finish strong despite a horrible fourth quarter where the Rockets scored only 10 points. The West continues to add talent as the Jason Kidd deal finally goes down bringing him back to where he started his NBA career. Devean George shocked some folks by exercised his rare contract condition that blocked the first Kidd-To-Dallas trade. I understand where he was coming from, he was just looking out for his own future in my opinion. If you don’t take care of yourself, who will? Moving on…

Yao Ming and Luis Scola represented the Houston Rockets during All-Star weekend in New Orleans. Both saw little playing time but afterwards said they enjoyed the events.

With the All-Star break behind them and with 4 days of rest (minus Yao and Scola) the Houston Rockets faced off against All-Star MVP Lebron James and the Cleavland Cavaliers. Although King James would continue his performance from the weekend it would not be enough to stop the NBA’s hottest team right now (Detroit Lost to Orlando ending their 10 game winning streak). Rafer Alston led all Rockets with 22 points that can from a red hot 6-10 from behind the 3 point line. The rest of the Rockets provided solid stats and if ESPN.com would stop being a bunch of HATERS and show a few Rockets highlights you might see them on the top 10 tomorrow on Sports Center. (I’m looking at you Carl Landry!!!)